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Go to your local Costco. See what takes your fancy. If you don't like it after a while, take it back. Repeat until satisfied. And remember MOAR pixels ain't necessarily better. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html Giz Explains: Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better - Digital Cameras - Gizmodo

I guess it prevents the bits being naughty

As do these people Laserdrop

One way of looking at this, is, Is it the Data/Original Bits/ "Music" you are interested in, or the replay chain associated with a given format. If you view shiny plastic discs as a delivery mechanism, with the content being the important stuff, we can say: Redbook CD: content can be liberated from delivery mechanism DVD-A: content can be liberated from delivery mechanism SACD: content can be liberated from delivery mechanism - indirectly However, with advances, such as mores law, and the rise of commodity distributed computing. e.g. Amazon's EC2 brings new might to password cracking ? The Register You could say that Sony needs to be lucky always, we just need to be lucky once SACD is still vulnerable to the Analog hole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Given a player, and ADC of your choice you could make Needle Drops (SACD Drops?) of your favorite disks, and never have to remove them from their cases again. This raises the question , are you listening to the original bits, or artifacts of the replay process(x2) - but that's another discussion. With the advent of unencumbered formats that support hi-rez (to the bit width/depth of your choice) and low marginal cost digital distribution (thats downloads to you) it raises the interesting question of cost vs value. If the studios mastered in the digital domain, should it cost more or less to just release the original bits, vs the (not very onerous, admittedly) "extra" expense of downsampling/converting to a more limited resolution (e.g. 24/96 masters vs 16/44.1 redbook) And how hard/expensive would it be to replay the analog masters, on a decent, newly cleaned replay heads, setup, in front of a decent ADC, (or several, each running at the target sample rate/bit depth), and then selling the results? We live in interesting times.

Met up with some fellow countrymen, whereupon we ritually burnt the effigy of a failed terrorist. Guy Fawkes Night - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Guy Fawkes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or just see V for Vendetta (2005)

4 Reasons to Carry a Shovel At All Times - The Oatmeal

I guess the design review meeting went something like this Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Or this?

That's a very dexterous statement. Right On!

May I suggest

Remind me again what form the audio data on a CD is in?

Keep a copy of this? Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update

In the meantime ....

Alasdair Neale, conductor Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin VIVALDI The Four Seasons MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 Nice populist stuff, give the punters what they want, and they'll leave, thoroughly entertained, and humming the good bits. Having a "celeb" Elizabeth Pitcairn - The Red Violin , with a book/movie tie-in doesn't hurt Enjoyable, could have done with some more volume, but then it was a Historically informed performance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Beats experimental Jazz,I'd guess.

Related posts on this matter highlight systems that know more about your taste in music, than you do e.g. Spotify ? A world of music. Instant, simple and free , Last.fm - Listen to free music with internet radio and the largest music catalogue online, Pandora Radio - Listen to Free Internet Radio, Find New Music , etc Slashdot Comments | The Golden Age of Infinite Music Note the love for last.fm here Squeezebox : Community : Forums - View Single Post - I've just got it. I have the best music system in the world. These systems are not perfect though, and can be biased by third parties Slashdot Comments | The Golden Age of Infinite Music "because it's idea of suggesting music is to load the page with the best ad income" - payola for the internet age or we have already seen examples of where the algorithms get the wrong end of the stick e.g. the classic "My Tivo thinks I'm Gay" (NTTAWWT) If TiVo Thinks You Are Gay, Here's How to Set It Straight

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | The golden age of infinite music Interesting article, pondering on the change from a situation of Artificial scarcity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to a completely infinite online jukebox, where the limiting resource is no longer your money (or lack of it), but your time. Given that you could listen to "anything ever recorded", what would drive your selection process? Familiarity? peer pressure? marketing? social networking?, statistical patterns? "Other people who listened to this, also listened to ..." Indeed, when faced with The Tyranny of Choice: Scientific American do you yearn for a benevolent celstial DJ? Charlie Brooker | There's too much stuff. We live in a stuff-a-lanche. It's time for a cultural diet | Comment is free | The Guardian Other people have had similar thoughts About us | Music, Movie & Web Video Discovery | The Filter Peter Gabriel's The Filter - scrobbling your life | Media | guardian.co.uk "Freedom from choice"?

Today (technically) stayed up late/early to go next door to the neighbors for the worldwide premier launch party of the "Bushy Report" on Marin Cable, channel 26. So now Joanne and I are unwitting media celebrities, or would be if anyone, other than those involved in the production were watching! Earlier in the week, helped set up email, blog (Bushy Report) and YouTube Chanel (YouTube - BushyReport's Channel) for the above, which now hosts the initial episode, in parts, since it has aired. We even get some repeats this afternoon and tomorrow, to prove that this wasn't all a Halloween nightmare.

It's a vampire kitty?

Interesting read as well. I wonder how long it will be before people want meta data embedded with the transmitted audio data

You've been on the internet again, haven't you?

Read his letter vertically (and check the linked pdf if you don’t believe the Reg) Governator in acrostic 'f**k you' outrage ? The Register (some of the comments are fun, too!) http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf

How active is the craigslist/furniture section in your local community? occasionally some salamander stuff turns up in the A/V section (or use the search craigslist/for sale box) Viewing/delivery can eat into any potential savings, but you never know..

At a B+M . Curiously, cheaper than a lot of online places.

Luxury! In my day, when you wanted to dial a number, you had to DIAL a number! See how far we've come!